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Merle Oberon (born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson; 19 February 1911 – 23 November 1979) was a British actress [ 1] who began her film career in British films as Anne Boleyn in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933). After her success in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934), she travelled to the United States to make films for Samuel Goldwyn.
Merle Oberon was a British-born actress who starred in films such as The Scarlet Pimpernel, Wuthering Heights and The Dark Angel. She was nominated for an Oscar and retired from acting in 1963.
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Mar 8, 2023 · Merle Oberon was born in India to a Sri Lankan mother and an Anglo-Irish father, but she hid her biracial origins and lied about her place of birth to become a Hollywood star. She was nominated for Best Actress in 1935 for The Dark Angel, but her life was marked by tragedy, lies and racism.
Merle Oberon was a Hollywood actress of the black and white era, who was born in Bombay and kept her South Asian heritage a secret. She starred in classics like Wuthering Heights and The Private Life of Henry VIII, and was nominated for an Oscar in 1935.
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Merle Oberon was a British-born actress who starred in films such as The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Dark Angel and Wuthering Heights. She was married three times, including to producer Alexander Korda, and died in 1979.
- February 19, 1911
- November 23, 1979
Jul 28, 2017 · The character is based on Merle Oberon, a golden-age movie star who was known for her great beauty—and the similar secret she took with her to the grave. The raven-haired, ...
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Feb 5, 2023 · Oberon’s birth certificate was among the records, records she had said were lost in a fire. What little is known of Estelle Merle O’Brien Thompson, Oberon’s birth name was that she moved to Calcutta in 1917 and performed onstage with the Calcutta Amateur Theatrical Society in 1920 under the name Queenie Thompson.
